What version of WiX are you using? I don't believe that RemoveFolderEx would be available until WiX 3.6. Something to consider, at least.
-----Original Message----- From: Shyam Kannam [mailto:shyam.kan...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 10:44 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Question on RemoveFolderEx Hi, I'm pretty newbie on using WiX. I'm having trouble with using RemoveFolderEx in our installer sources. Hope someone could help me with this. Our software application creates temporary folders in our installation directory. On uninstall these folders as well the root folder is not getting removed due to the new temp folders existing. I searched the wix forums and found out that RemoveFolderEx could help scrubbing the folders on uninstall. I'm hitting into compilation issues with using RemoveFolderEx. Any help on this is greatly appreciated. Below is the code snippet and the compilation error. <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"; xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension";> ... <Property Id="APPFOLDER"> <RegistrySearch Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\$(var.APPNAME)" Root="HKLM" Type="raw" Id="APPFOLDER_REMEMBERED" Name="Path" /> </Property> <DirectoryRef Id="APPFOLDER"> <Component Id="Cleanup" Guid="*"> <RegistryValue Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\$(var.APPNAME)" Name="Path" Type="string" Value="$(var.APPNAME)" KeyPath="yes" /> <util:RemoveFolderEx On="uninstall" Property="$(var.APPNAME)" /> </Component> </DirectoryRef> ... error CNDL0005: The Component element contains an unexpected child element 'util:RemoveFolderEx'. Thanks Shyam ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
